Papers, 1959-2000, bulk 1979-1999.

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Papers, 1959-2000, bulk 1979-1999.

The collection includes biographical files, notes, manuscripts of scientific papers and speeches, correspondence, computations, photographs, subject files and other material documenting the career of physicist Edward Allan Frieman. The collection includes research files documenting Frieman's years at Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory and manuscripts for two unfinished books on plasma physics. The collection includes a scrapbook, calendars and other material documenting Frieman's service as Director of Energy Research at the U.S. Department of Energy, 1979-1981. The collection includes files documenting Frieman's years as a science administrator and vice president at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), 1981-1999. The collection includes files documenting Frieman's career as a faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, and especially his work during the years he served as Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1986-1996. The collection includes files documenting Frieman's work as a consultant for government and industry, especially his work on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and his work as vice-chair of the White House Science Council, 1982-1989. The collection documents Frieman's work on numerous committees concerned with climate change, the Superconducting Super Collider and the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS).

85 lin. ft. (187 manuscript boxes)

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Frieman, E. A.

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Physicist. From the description of A random walk through turbulence theory, 1986 November 10 [sound recording]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 83622727 Physicist (plasma physics) at Princeton University, 1952-1979; director of energy research in the U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979-1981; executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation, 1981-1986; director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and vice chancellor of marine...

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Frieman, E. A.

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Physicist. From the description of A random walk through turbulence theory, 1986 November 10 [sound recording]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 83622727 Physicist (plasma physics) at Princeton University, 1952-1979; director of energy research in the U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1979-1981; executive vice president of Science Applications International Corporation, 1981-1986; director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and vice chancellor of marine...

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